Well - that was fun! A great wee event with all the good craic and 'have a go' heriosm that No Fuss likes to encourage. Ollie said he hadn't swum for years, but managed a good attempt at the crawl, with a wee bit of running when the steam ran out. Spook did too much crawling at the start and looked like he might expire. He saw Ollie stand up and try to run and tried to follow suit, but his feet wouldn't touch the bottom and he remembered Ollie was tall. How knackered were THEY that they thought it might be easier to run! Spook came out well last but with a look of happy determination on his face. We duathletes had to wait (very patiently) for the last swimmer before we could cycle off. It was a great track round the bay, with a bit of climbing but nothing techinical. 15km. I got the edge on Ollies wife Janet, as I'm more familiar with the bike, but she's fitter and came in just behind me before shooting off at a fast run while I gasped and dragged my legs along at a wee jog. There were 5 duathletes and when I went past the hobbling man I knew I was in for a 2nd place. Until the 12 year old boy ran lightly past at the halfway point with a big smile on his face! The run was over 7km and included some really lovely single track that any Lochaber athlete would enjoy. Thankfully the 12 year old boy was not a woman, so I still secured the 2nd (and last) place in my category. Spook managed a very creditable 4th. Not on the podium like myself, but he did try very hard.
Photos display Podium place ladies, Spook (finally) out the water. And Spook going in with tall Ollie.
Over to the children now. Vicki is staying the night tonight and they can do some team bonding before we go over the hill to Queenstown for they're turn.
No comments:
Post a Comment